Quotes about Power of Story

I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture. Votes: 4

You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling. Votes: 4

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners. Votes: 3

The Christian faith grew through story - not text. Only later did the stories become Scripture. While the Scripture must be held in the highest regard, we must not neglect the power of story. Votes: 3

Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story and narrative, and you know, like anyone else, I kind of wanted to do it, too. Votes: 3

One of the many lessons I hope I've learned is how much I underestimated people, their open-mindedness and their willingness to understand. I think, moreover, I underestimated the degree to which everyone has a story. So my advice, for whatever it's worth, is to trust readers, trust the truth and trust the power of storytelling. Votes: 3

The new approach to health care will feature the healing power of story. In the clear understanding that finding meaning in any life passage may be at the heart of healing, our healers -declared or undeclared - will help people use the power of dreaming to move beyond personal history into a bigger story that contains the juice and sense of purpose to get them through. Votes: 3

The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history. Votes: 2

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. Votes: 2

America's vulnerability comes precisely from its strength, its wealth, its power and its modernity. It's the usual story of the dog chasing its own tail. Votes: 2

I started doing some interviews with elderly people in the family because I knew they would pass away and we would lose the power of their story. Votes: 2

The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories. Votes: 2

The power of pop culture stories should not be underestimated, and there is an enormous potential for inspirational stories that can have a positive, transformative effect on our lives. Votes: 2

It's a really important thing for Aboriginal people to remember how stories are told and the power of stories, and make it an important feature in our world again. Votes: 2

The Christmas story has such power and such appeal every year. There are other stories we get tired of. You think of your favorite movie; you don't want to watch it 15 times. Votes: 2

The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible - stories that celebrate power and demonize victims, all the while camouflaging its pedagogical influence under the cheap veneer of entertainment. Votes: 2

There are stories I'd like to tell, I'd like to see, and they're not getting made. These stories are beyond the experience of the people in power. They don't understand it, so they're frightened of it. Votes: 2

I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power. Votes: 2

In 1991, the government unleashed the power of India and created a partnership between itself and industry. As a result, India has emerged as an economic success story, and that is a matter of pride for all of us. Votes: 2

As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society. Votes: 2

The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism. It is the story of the struggle of free thought with bigotry, religion making common cause with the wrong side. Votes: 2

I'm not sure why, but I seem to be drawn to stories about abuses of power. But I'm also drawn, not so much to victims' stories, as stories that tend to show how power works. Because if you don't understand the criminals, you can't figure out how to stop the crimes. Votes: 2

If a writer is to tell his own story - tell it slowly, and as if it were a story about other people - if he is to feel the power of the story rise up inside him, if he is to sit down at a table and patiently give himself over to this art - this craft - he must first have been given some hope. Votes: 2

The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit around and conspire to allow genocide to happen. Votes: 2

It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was deemed advisable to exclude from the national government all power to act upon the subject. Votes: 2

Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually. Votes: 1

Change your story, change your power. Votes: 0

Never underestimate the power of a good story. Votes: 0

There is no greater power on this earth than story. Votes: 0

Your power is in your story and all the wisdom it has brought you. Votes: 0

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power Votes: 0

If we have people with the power to tell a story, there will always be readers. Votes: 0

Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story. Votes: 0

The most effective medium is yourself and the power you communicate by your intention and your story. Votes: 0

Once you realize your past is just a story, it no longer has any power over you. Votes: 0

Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you. Votes: 0

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story. Votes: 0

the story of liberty is a history of the limitation of a government power, not the increase of it. Votes: 0

The power of your story may not lie in its drama, but in its absolutely perfect relationship to your cause. Votes: 0

No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us. Votes: 0

I have never forgotten the almost mystical power over an audience a storyteller has, when the story is deep and links you. Votes: 0

You need those people to also have power and authority, and in a way that has been the story of my career. Votes: 0

That story you're scared to share --- that story has the power to change both your life and the lives of others. Votes: 0

A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change. Votes: 0

This is the power of myth: that we can experience invisible spiritual realities and truths greater than visible, material things in story form. Votes: 0

Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. Votes: 0

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story. Votes: 0

(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance. Votes: 0

In order to tap into the power of dreaming, we must connect not only to the human story, but to all of nature and creation as well Votes: 0

A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place. Votes: 0

The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure. Votes: 0